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Preserving Memories With Photo Books

I am very good about taking pictures of the kids, but horrible at turning them into actual albums. Honestly, the best I have done in the last 5 years as a mom is printing out 4x6s occasionally (whenever I see deals on Shutterfly, Snapfish, etc), but even those pictures just sit inside a drawer, never see the light of day. It makes me sad that I don’t have pictures of my children in photo albums that they can peruse at their leisure…because they sure do LOVE looking at pictures of themselves on my blog.

So, I am takings steps to change that. In the last two weeks, I churned out two photo books and I love them so much that I think it is the start of something new.

My newest treasures...
Starting now, my goal is to make a photo book for every family trip that we take. I realize that making a yearly photo book that encompasses the entire year probably makes more sense, but I am just not organized enough to sort through a year's worth of pictures come January 1st. Instead, a week's (the typical length of our vacations) worth of pictures is right up my alley :)

As for those everyday shots, I will probably continue to print them out as 4x6s, but be more diligent about putting them in photo albums. I hope by writing this down on the blog will keep me accountable.

NOW FOR A GIVEAWAY

Do you make photo books? If yes, I got something for you! I have a coupon code for a free hard cover 20-page 8x8 photo book, exactly like mine above....you just have to pay for shipping, about $8. If you are interested, leave a comment saying so and I will do a random drawing and email you the code :) ps...the code expires on july 30 2015.

Great job cranking out 2 photo books! Working backwards in time is a great idea because then you don't feel like you're playing catch up. I do yearly book for each of their birthdays, highlighting the stuff in each of their past years. There's also letters in the front of me and Alan to each of the kids. Anyways, tks for sharing your code! I'd love to be entered. I'll make a special book.